Dornoch 4yo 2018/2022

Dornoch 4yo 2018/2022

Official bottling 
Single malt - North Highlands 
Silvery gold
55.5% ABV
Dram

Nose: Pear drops, honey, lemon sweets, leather, hay, hints of germolene. With water, toast, barley sugar, lemon sweets. 
Mouthfeel: Heavy body, thickens, hot, astringent. 
Tasting:  Sweet salty. Leather, honey, germolene, sea salt, hay, shortbread, lemon sweets. With water, toast, sea salt, germolene, lemon sweets. 
Finish: Short. Hay, shortbread, toast, lemon sweets, hints of pear drops. 

Comments: 

Cask 54. Rather a famous bottling, this - it’s the first Dornoch distillate that I’ve seen in London for sale at a bar! It’s quite salty, almost like a sweet, unpeated Caol Ila. Quite grassy on the finish too, a note I quite enjoy.

Verdict:

I like this.